- ordinary
- I(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)adj. usual, medium, average, unremarkable, commonplace, regular, common; inferior, low; middling, second-rate; mediocre, undistinguished. See conformity, habit, simpleness, mediocrity. Ant., unusual, special.II(Roget's IV) modif.1. [In accordance with a regular or customary pattern]Syn. customary, normal, usual, everyday; see common 1 , conventional 1 , frequent , habitual 1 , regular 3 .2. [Lacking distinction]See Synonym Study at common .• out of the ordinary,Syn. extraordinary, uncommon, special; see unusual 2 .III(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.1. common everyday, usual, commonplace, conventional, typical, average, normal, medial, routine, customary, general.2. mediocre run of the mill, so-so, nothing to write home about, banal, humdrum, pedestrian, plain, household, prosaic, bourgeois, undistinguished, garden-variety.ANT.:1. uncommon, unconventional, unusual, out of the ordinary. 2. distinguished, exceptional, extraordinary, significantIV(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.unusual, uncommon, strange, bizarre, odd, exceptional, off the beaten track, unheard of, incredible, wonderful, unique, one of a kind.ANT.: ordinary, normal, typical, *par for the courseV(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adjective 1. Commonly encountered: average, common, commonplace, general, normal, typical, usual. See SURPRISE. 2. Being of no special quality or type: average, common, commonplace, cut-and-dried, formulaic, garden, garden-variety, indifferent, mediocre, plain, routine, run-of-the-mill, standard, stock, undistinguished, unexceptional, unremarkable. See GOOD, USUAL. II noun A regular or customary matter, condition, or course of events: commonplace, norm, rule, usual. See USUAL.
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